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Offline kapital

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zeta potenital of particles
« on: June 11, 2013, 06:30:37 AM »
Do ions like K+,Cl-, Mg+2 have zeta potenital?

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta_potential) it says it is only for colloidal systems, but I do not see why that coud not be true for all particles with electric chare in solutions of ions.

Thanx for answer.
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Re: zeta potenital of particles
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2013, 09:13:26 AM »
Zeta potential is really a surface characteristic.  Therefore it doesn't have much relevance for a single ion or atom, which doesn't really have a "surface", per se.
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Re: zeta potenital of particles
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2013, 11:19:18 AM »
Quote from: Corribus on June 11, 2013, 09:13:26 AM
Zeta potential is really a surface characteristic.  Therefore it doesn't have much relevance for a single ion or atom, which doesn't really have a "surface", per se.

We just use its cousin the Coulomb or Lennard Jones potential?  ;D
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